00:00Selengor Bersatu Deputy Chairman Rafiq Abdullah has defended the party's decision to sign a confidence and supply agreement with the
00:08Pakatan Harapan-led state government, saying assemblymen must follow party decisions.
00:14The Kuang Assemblymen said members who disagreed were free to leave Bersatu, adding that the party's rules applied to everyone.
00:22According to Utusan Malaysia, Rafiq argued that the pact was nothing unusual, noting that Barisan Nasional had signed a similar
00:30agreement with PH to form the unity government.
00:34Selengor Mentri Bersa Amiruddin Shari revealed last week that Bersatu Assemblymen would sign the pact before the state budget is
00:42tabled, amid rising tensions between PH and BN.
00:46Bersatu's permatang assemblymen, Nurul Shazwani Noh, criticised the move, saying assemblymen had not been consulted.
00:54While open to working with the state government for the people's benefit, she maintained that the opposition must continue providing
01:00checks and balances.
01:02Selengor Bersatu Communications Director Nurazli Yahya confirmed that the pact had not been discussed with the party's 11 assemblymen,
01:10but said its political bureau had given State Chief Azmin the mandate to negotiate with the state government.
01:17He stressed that Bersatu was not joining PH, as the pact would be signed with Amiruddin and the state government,
01:24rather than the coalition.
01:26Nurazli said Bersatu Assemblymen would remain in the opposition and continue providing checks and balances,
01:32while also taking part in key district-level meetings.
01:36Adrienne Fernandez, FMT.
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